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Europe’s record-breaking heat waves are driving spikes in demand for air conditioning
Heat waves and longer summers are driving seasonal spikes in demand for cooling units, highlighting the need for efficient technologies and adequate power supply to keep Europe cool...
The uranium boom is back as demand for nuclear surges
A revival of nuclear energy is spurring demand for uranium, as the hunt for fuel reshapes the investment landscape...
Betting on the nuclear renaissance: How investors are weighing risk amid surging clean energy demand
Surging power demand has reignited interest in nuclear energy, but vast capital requirements and an uncertain political and regulatory climate raise questions about the sector's fiscal capacity...
Europe's record-breaking heat waves are driving spikes in demand for air conditioning
Heat waves and longer summers are driving seasonal spikes in demand for cooling units, highlighting the need for efficient technologies and adequate power supply to keep Europe cool....
Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI
Europe is setting its sights on gigawatt factories in a bid to bolster its lagging artificial intelligence industry and meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing sector....
Government collapse plunges Netherlands in turmoil ahead of key NATO summit
The collapse of the Dutch government sets a tricky political backdrop for the Netherlands as it prepares to host the NATO summit in just three weeks...
Europe’s battle for power spurs evolution of a new ecosystem for data centers
As AI skyrockets demand for electricity, Europe’s existing power infrastructure is struggling to keep up. Data center operators are now evolving their own power ecosystem to speed up development and meet booming demand.
Europe’s power infrastructure needs to keep pace with AI boom
Energy-intensive firms have been battling issues around power constraints for some time now and are looking at new technologies to improve efficiency and sustainability. CNBC’s April Roach reports.
Europe’s battle for power spurs evolution of a new ecosystem for energy-hungry firms
The boom in artificial intelligence, a pressing need for more data centers and the energy transition story — particularly in transportation — are all spurring demand for electricity, and the existing...
How China’s DeepSeek could boost the already booming data center market
The emergence of cheaper and more efficient AI models off the back of China’s DeepSeek could reshape demand for data centers, boosting a sector that investors were already heavily betting would continue to boom....
Black British entrepreneurs find new ways to land funding as diversity efforts are scrapped
Black founders in the U.K. are looking to buck the trend of declines in funding by targeting high-profile investors and by adopting a more community-focused approach that includes the support of “family and friends” funding rounds....
AI boom thrusts Europe between power-hungry data centers and environmental goals
The boom in artificial intelligence is ushering in an environmentally conscious shift in how data centers operate, as European developers face pressure to lower the water temperatures of their energy-hungry facilities to accommodate the higher-powered chips of firms such as tech giant Nvidia...
What buying Commerzbank would mean for UniCredit — and the banking sector
UniCredit’s move to take a stake in German lender Commerzbank is raising questions on whether a long awaited cross-border merger could spur more acquisitions and shake up the European banking sector....
Europe wants to send data centers into space — study says it’s possible
The rise of artificial intelligence is skyrocketing demand for data centers to keep pace with the growing tech sector — and pushing Europe to explore space options for digital storage, in a bid to reduce its need for energy-hungry facilities on the ground....
Betting scandal inside the UK’s ruling Conservative Party mars election race
LONDON — Britain’s ruling Conservative party has become embroiled in a scandal concerning allegations that senior officials used inside knowledge to win bets on the date of the general election....